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FOOTBALL

Red Raiders preparing for changes following first home loss

By MAX HENGST Sports Editor

After its first loss at home this season, the Texas Tech football team is preparing to have a stronger start when the Red Raiders take on the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday.

The Red Raiders suffered a 34-24 loss to Iowa State at Jones AT&T Stadium in their last game as head coach Matt Wells said the team had a slow start.

CUTOUT: Junior quarterback Jett Duffey throws up a stiff arm as he runs toward the end zone during the Homecoming football game against Iowa State on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at Jones AT&T Stadium. Duffey has thrown for 1,149 yards, six TDs and two interceptions this season, having become the starter following an injury to sophomore quarterbackAlan Bowman.

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“(The Red Raiders) just weren’t very detailed oriented,” Wells said.

“That comes back to didn’t communicate, I thought, whatever adjustment to a formation. Weren’t real sharp and then all of a sudden, that’s the Big 12’s leading passing offense right now. They make you pay. They make you play real quick.”

Iowa State’s quarterback Brock Purdy leads the conference with 312.1 passing yards per game this season, according to the Big 12.

In the seven games Purdy and the Cyclones have played this season, Iowa State has recorded 2,245 passing yards, ranking second in the conference, and averaging 320.7 passing yards per game.

Against Tech, Purdy surpassed his average, throwing 378 yards and three touchdowns in Lubbock, according to Tech Athletics. Despite Purdy’s success, junior defensive back DaMarcus Fields picked off a passing for the quarterback’s fourth interception this season.

Fields’ interception was the only forced turnover for the Red Raiders, according to Tech Athletics. Tech’s defense only recorded three tackles for loss as the defense did not sack Purdy once. Following the defense’s performance, defensive coordinator Keith Patterson said he felt like the Red Raiders were out of sync.

“It was honestly one of the most helpless feelings that I’ve had in a foot-

ball game, and I asked the guys (Monday), and they felt the same way,” Patterson said. “I don’t know, mental block, whatever, I mean that’s coaching. We gotta figure out a way to overcome that and play more consistently from not only series-to-series, play-to-play, but also game-to-game.”

Following the loss to the Cyclones, Patterson said he noticed the defense has not played as well as it did in the first two games of the season. Patterson continued saying he thinks it is a mental issue that occurred after Oklahoma recorded 55 points on the Red Raiders.

“It all boils down to preparation and I tell them all the time, ‘The way you do anything, is the way you do everything,’” Patterson said.

“And if things start to show up during the week, all of a sudden they show up on Saturday and no one’s really surprised. So, it’s just something we have to learn. You know, if you’re going to be a championshiplevel defense, we gotta play more consistently, we gotta prepare more consistently and just constantly be on an upward trend.”

As Tech prepares for its road test against Kansas on Saturday, Patterson said in a close game, the aggressor will most likely win.

Against Iowa State, Patterson said the defense did not play with emotion and passion. Patterson takes full responsibility and is trying to help the players manage their life to have that intensity.

Another reason why the defense has not played as well as it did in

the beginning of the season is in- ting their job right and not too worried jured players in the secondary, Pat- about everybody else around them,” terson said. With several defensive he said. “You can’t really blame them, backs suffering injuries, he said it is it’s based on bodies, we didn’t have frustrating, but is not using injuries enough. It’s just a part of the game we have to face.” as an excuse.

With the defense focusing on its “Of all the groups, that’s the most important because they perform mental mindset and dealing with as a unit,” Patterson said. “All of injuries in the secondary, Tech’s the communication, all of a sudden offense is trying to work on having we got this guy who’s been playing a better start in games, offensive corner, now he’s playing safety, and coordinator David Yost said. this guy has been at spur and now he’s back at safety, and all the things SEE FOOTBALL, that you’ve done that week go right PG. 6 out of the window within the first two series of the game and it creates a little bit of chaos.”

Junior defensive back Zech McPhearson agreed with Patterson and said the worst part about the injuries is the effect on CUTOUT: communication.

Senior running back When injuries happen, guys Armand Shyne stiff have to move to different posiarms and dodges a tions they have not played before, defender during the he said. A lot of the guys in the Homecoming football positions this week have only game against Iowa State been there for a couple on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at days. Some learned the Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red position Thursday of Raiders were defeated, 34-24, by the game week.

Cyclones. Shyne has ran for 321 yards “I would say that and three TDs this season after transferring to kind of effects comTech from Utah during the offseason. Shyne, alongmunication, you side freshman running back SaRodorick Thompson and know because sophomore running back Ta’Zhawn Henry, have helped Tech those guys rush for an average of 168 yards per game and 1.9 TDs per game. there are worried about getIKECHUKWU DIKE/The Daily Toreador

THEATRE

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Playwright, director describe journey leading up to ‘Black Girl, Interrupted’

F.A. Cole, women’s rights activists discuss female genital mutilation

By MALLORY ROSETTA

Digital Content Manager With the start of another season, the Tech School of Theatre and Dance’s latest production, “Black Girl, Interrupted,” is one that the playwright hopes will make people think.

LyaNisha Gonzalez, a doctoral student from New Jersey with concentrations in playwriting and arts administration, is the playwright for “Black Girl, Interrupted,” and has been working on the play for two years. The play is inspired by a real-life incident that happened to a private first class in the army named LaVena Johnson, who was raped and murdered when she was stationed in Iraq in 2005 on an American Military Base.

“I first learned about that story, interestingly enough, on Facebook, where I saw an ad for a documentary about the incident on there, and ever since, what I’ve learned about it is has stuck with me and taken hold of me,” she said.

It was a clear from the beginning that Gonzalez was going to fictionalize the story in order to giver herself more room to think creatively while also remaining respectful to Johnson and her family, she said. She used incidents detailing the injuries and what happened to Johnson in the play, so the research itself was difficult.

Ultimately, Gonzalez said she wants to bring attention to Johnson’s name in a way that is not only respectful but also honors her.

“I didn’t want to exploit this tragedy for myself, and so I felt that if I gave it some distance and fictionalized it,

that it would help with that,” she said.

Gonzalez wrote the first draft of this play in her playwriting course two years ago and has been fine-tuning it ever since, she said. Although the topic of the play is heavy, some of the fun parts were working out the difficulties and seeing everything start to click in terms of the way characters were coming together.

“Obviously, sitting alone in my room writing this play, the characters started to tell me who they were while I was writing, and I’d just sort of shape it. I’d have an idea of how they’d speak and an idea of what their lives would look like offstage when we’re not seeing them,” she said. “I feel like some of my strongest writing is in this play and some of my strongest writing is in the crafting of certain character moments.”

Jesse Jou, assistant professor of directing in the School of Theatre and Dance and director of “Black Girl, Interrupted,” said when he first read the play, he really responded to the ways that Gonzalez was interested in talking about what “justice” means and how she tried to explore the humanity of a woman whose voice has been lost.

The story is told by a reporter named Riley Jones, played by Gonzalez, who is trying to find out the truth about what happened to another character, Sasha, who is based on Johnson, Jou said. As Jones is trying to find out the truth, she discovers that the story is much more complicated then what she originally thought.

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Director Jesse Jou and playwright LyaNisha Gonzalez of “Black Girl, Interrupted,” discussed their play prior to release. The production will air from Oct. 24 to Oct. 27 and Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 in the Maedgen Theatre. ASHLEE CORNS/The Daily Toreador

By ADÁN RUBIO News Editor

Worldwide, there are multiple human rights issues different organizations work to spotlight and resolve. One such issue some may not consider is female genital mutilation.

FGM consists of procedures aimed at altering a female’s genital organs, according to the World Health Organization website. The health of women and girls’ does not benefit from these procedures.

F.A. Cole, a representative of the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation, said she was a victim of FGM and is now an activist for preventing FGM. She is set to speak to the Texas Tech community from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 5 in the Red Raider Ballroom of the Student Union Building about this topic and how some girls and women are forced to undergo FGM. Cole said she will always utilize the opportunity to educate people about FGM. “They may or may not have heard about FGM, they may or may not know the long and shortterm consequences and impact of FGM,” she said regarding Tech students, “and they may or may not even know about legislation and the controversies surrounding the topic of FGM.” There are four main types of FGM, according to the National Health Service website. The first type is clitoridectomy, consisting of removing part or all of the clitoris.

Excision, the second type, consists of clitoridectomy and removing the

inner labia, the lips surrounding the vagina, and possibly the labia majora, the larger outer lips.

The third type is infibulation, which is cutting and moving the labia to create a seal to narrow the vaginal opening, according to the NHS website.

A fourth type consists of other procedures that harm F.A. COLE female genitals.

Cole, who is also an author and has written books such as “Distant Sunrise - The Strength in her Pain to Forgive,” said she thought she underwent type 1 in her home country of Sierra Leone. She said she discovered a few years ago that she actually underwent type 2 when she took part in restorative surgery.

Regarding her life in Sierra Leone, Cole said her dad is Mende, her step mother is Lebanese and Mende and her mom is Creole. She said Creoles, who were considered the elites in Sierra Leone, did not undergo FGM. “It was my step mother’s idea,” she said. “She manipulated my father to have me and my oldest sister undergo female genital mutilation.

My mom had nothing to do with it.”

On Aug. 1, 1984, Cole said her and her sister underwent FGM at the age of 11 and 13 respectively.

Some people saw FGM as a rite of passage into womanhood, Cole said. FGM was a process that was kept secret from young girls.

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HEALTH

Lubbock shigellosis cases increases, experts stress good hygiene

By GRACIELA VASQUEZ Staff Writer

In addition to the rise of the flu, shigellosis, an infection caused by the bacterium shigella, is another sickness Lubbockites need to look out for.

Wi t h i n a s p a n o f a month, the number of shigellosis cases in Lubbock has exceeded that of last year.

Those infected with Shigella may display diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps a day or two after exposure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Shigella lasts for a maximum of seven days.

On Oct. 14, 21 cases of shigellosis were reported, according to a City of Lubbock news release.

As of Oct. 21, the number of cases has increased to 25, Tiffany Torres, epidemiologist for the City of Lubbock Health Department, said. During the same time in 2018, zero cases were reported. 2018 ended with a total of three cases for the entire year.

“Shigellosis is highly contagious,” Torres said. “It can be spread by eating food prepared by someone who has come in contact with someone with shigellosis or someone with the infection.

People can also swallow recreational water, like a pool, and be infected.”

Washing hands and good hand hygiene is key to staying healthy, not just with shigellosis, but with any

FGM CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “Nobody told us they would amputate our clitoris,” she said.

“We found out the hard way.”

After her sister went through the process, Cole said her turn was next. Throughout the process, Cole was forced to undress, blindfolded and tied at the hands.

A nude woman, who acted as the cutter, sat on Cole’s

infection, Torres said.

“We recommend good hand hygiene. It’s very important,” Torres said. “It’s a basic public health control action we use, but it prevents a lot of sicknesses and diseases in our community, not only keeping you safe, but keeping others safe.”

One-way the CDC recommends washing hands is with soap and warm water for an ideal time of twenty seconds, Torres said. One good way to keep track of the 20 seconds is to sing Happy Birthday twice.

If soap and water are not available, one can use alcohol-based sanitizer, Torres said. The CDC recommends at least 60 percent alcohol content in those sanitizers.

“Please stay home if you’re showing symptoms of any respiratory infections,” Torres said. “If you have diarrhea, stay home.

We want to keep people safe and keep it from spreading to others. Refrain from preparing food, and, of course, wash your hands. “ There is no common source or pattern as to what is causing the high number of cases, Torres said.

Infectious diseases can be spread in many ways, such as contact with stool, contact with someone’s mouth, not washing hands, preparing food and other ways that fluid spread, Erika Radford, Board Certified Family Medicine Physician at the Texas Tech Health Science

Center said.

“In student health, we see respiratory infections m o r e c o m m o n l y, w h i c h can be caused by anything like strep throat, sinus infections, flu viruses,” Radford said. “We do see a lot of nausea and vomiting viruses as well.”

Immune responses let people know their body is fighting an infection. Fever is an immune response which allows someone to know their body is trying to kill something, Radford said. Coughing, vomiting

and diarrhea means a person’s body is trying to get rid of something.

It takes a very small amount of exposure to the bacteria to get ill from it. If one goes to a computer at the library, wiping it down is important, Radford said.

Doing so will help a lot and that is for any illness, not just Shigella.

Infectious disease physician and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Tech HSC Dr. Richard Lampe said it is good people have systems in the

United States that allow people to stay aware.

“This is a good example of why it’s important to have public health departments and why there should be reportable diseases, and shigellosis is reportable,” he said.

People know they have the infection because they will have diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever, Lampe said. The diarrhea can be bloody, which can be very frightening.

Although, there is no vaccine needed, Lampe

said, as antibiotics do help.

Radford said people should keep an eye on the health department notices.

“Every once in a while, they publish what places they’ve inspected and what they graded them and if they have food violations you might want to stay away,” Radford said. “You might want to avoid those places because it means they don’t have sanitary food practices and you’re more likely to get infected by not just shigella but anything.”

chest, she said. A group of women held her down as the procedure commenced. As Cole was gagged, a razor was used to amputate her clitoris.

“I felt more betrayal than anger,” she said regarding her feelings toward the process and not being told about it sooner.

After approaching her mother about what happened to her, Cole said she felt angry.

“She laughed,” she said about her mother. “That was

when I felt angry.”

Despite Cole’s experience with FGM, some people may lack awareness and education on the issue.

“Growing up, I didn’t even know the damage that was done to me, sexually, physically, psychologically and spiritually,” Cole said. “It was when I came to America in 1997, and then I went to school in New York. [Marymount College] in Tarrytown. I believe I was a

first-year student.”

Speakers visited to talk to the students about a variety of issues related to women, as the institution was an all-girls school, Cole said. One speaker spoke about FGM. After the speaker spoke, Cole said she volunteered to share her story and answered a lot of questions.

“Based on their questions, it got me thinking that most of them didn’t even know what this practice is,” she said. “They have not read about it. They have not done any research.

And why should they?”

When learning about FGM, Cole said one factor to consider is the procedure is an attempt to control a girl’s sexuality and to kill their drive to engage in sexual activities. In addition to the procedure itself, she said another aspect some people do not realize is that survivors of FGM are ostracized depending on the community they are from.

Through teaching people about FGM, Cole said she also wanted to be an advocate for survivors of FGM. She said she has started support groups for

FGM survivors.

Some of these members took part in restorative surgery, Cole said.

“I was the first woman to have restorative surgery in 2017,” she said.

Regarding why people get restorative surgery, Cole said there is a psychological effect.

Whether it is because a FGM survivor feels they are ugly or imperfect, she said there a variety of reasons why people get the surgery.

When wanting to understand the impact of FGM, there are a variety of aspects one may need to learn. Due to efforts from different organizations, learning about FGM and how it impacts women across the globe may be easier.

Julia O’Donnell, campus program and public relations manager for the AHA Foundation, said the non-profit organization works to amplify the efforts of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, AHA Foundation founder and FGM survivor. Ali worked to defend women’s rights and educate people about women’s rights issues.

“Our work with campuses comes from our campus program, which we call Critical Thinking Unit,” she said. “This is a program we do in collaboration with another organization called Ideas Beyond Borders.”

The program was created in the hopes of giving a voice to survivors of FGM and other attacks, O’Donnell said. There are campus fellows in universities across the U.S. and Canada trained in hosting events aimed at promoting the AHA Foundation’s message.

For those wanting to know about where FGM is prominent, Alana Krafsur, fellow for the Critical Thinking Unit of the AHA Foundation, said one may need to consider that FGM occurs in the United States.

Krafsur, who is also a second-year graduate student from El Paso on the professional track in the Tech College of Media and Communication, said a lot of people in the U.S. are at risk of FGM. “So, specifically in the United States, according to the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], 513,000 females are at risk or have undergone FGM in the U.S.,” she said regarding how at risk means one is in a family situation that warrants FGM. “Specifically in Texas, we have a very high number of women at risk. That’s a little over 33,000, and they’re the fourth state in the U.S. with the highest risk.”

The numbers are higher in the Dallas area, followed

by Houston and then Austin, Krafsur said.

“It wouldn’t surprise me if there are girls at Texas Tech who are at risk,” she said.

Because of the FGM cases in this nation and other countries, Krafsur said informing people about the issue though different avenues could prompt action.

“I believe that stories amplify your message,” she said. “So, for [Cole] to be able to share her story is extremely important in spreading awareness and even stimulating action.”

Spreading awareness through the perspective of a survivor may be a necessary step to inform college students.

“Alana told us that she specifically wanted to bring F.A.,” O’Donnell said. “She wanted to talk about FGM, and she knew she wanted to bring a survivor.”

With the issue of FGM, education and listening to someone’s story may be beneficial for people whether they are attending Tech or not. “[In the U.S.], when I realized that people really are not educated about [FGM], they don’t know how this really impacts people, young girls,” Cole said. “Then I said, ‘You know what? I’ll keep talking until I can talk no more.’”

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Entry stations provide safety, not inconveniences

By ALESSANDRA SINGH Staff Writer

Walking past every entrance to the interior of the Texas Tech campus, one sees an entry station. Students, faculty and others with the correct permits can pass through them, while others are instructed to stop and turn around. These stations and the people inside them play a role in student safety.

Lance Rampy, event parking and guest relations manager for Transportation and Parking Services, discussed the responsibilities of those running the stations.

“Their main function is making sure that traffic runs smoothly but is also cut a little bit short,” he said.

“Making sure our pedestrian-heavy campus is safe.”

Safety and security are the main focus of the entry stations, Rampy said. The ability to limit traffic on the Tech campus provides a safer environment for students.

In addition to their role in keeping students safe, Rampy said the entry stations and employees serve as a first impression to those visiting the Tech campus.

“Also, it’s a representation of the university,” he said. “The first people, first connection that any visitor meets and sets the stage for

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “When you have this rich story, one of the challenges is that you don’t want to overcomplicate it because the play sort of does it for you,” Jou said. “One of the challenges and also the great joys of working with LyaNisha and with our company of actors and our creative team is telling the story and doing it in a way that sort of lets the play shine through and the strength of the characters’ shine through, and the strength of the storytelling really came through.”

With a topic as heavy as this one, Jou said he tries to create a very playful atmosphere during rehearsal because it is important that the actors know the work is not just about honoring the at-

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Texas Tech campus has entry stations throughout campus that help regulate the parking. Cars stop at the booths to make sure they can go onto campus during the day of Oct. 22, 2019, at Texas Tech. the rest of the university.”

However, some students may see these stations as an inconvenience.

Rampy said he feels this is due to a misunderstanding between students and Transportation and Parking services. Students do not grasp the stations’ employees are there to protect

students and make sure everyone on campus has an enjoyable experience.

“I can’t look into the minds of students,” he said. “But I can think it is more of a misconception of what our job is and why we are there.”

JoAnn Perez, senior attendant, has been one of the attendants to work

at these stations for the longest. The exposure to people is what she loved most about this job, she said.

“I just love seeing all kinds of people,” she said. “Meeting people every day. Just interacting with students too.”

Although she loves interacting with the students, they also proved to

tention of the play but honoring the humanity of the artists in the room, which cannot be done if the actors are in a dark place the whole time.

Because of the nature of this play, Gonzalez said. There was no way to lighten it up in a way that she felt would be responsible to the people who were actually touched by the real event. However, as an actor, it weighs down the performance and affects the play if the actors are constantly feeling low.

“I think we need light in order to see the dark parts,” Jou said.

“It’s important to have a transitional period between real life and the rehearsal room where you’re there to live in a different world.

We may be working on a serious topic, but we don’t have to be serious about ourselves.”

Both Jou and Gonzalez agreed that one of the greatest experiences of this process was seeing how the actors took the characters and turned them into their own.

Gonzalez said there were a lot of actor interpretations and discoveries being made from day one that completely surprised her and made her see the play in a way that she had not for two years.

Jou agreed and said he thinks that is a testament to Gonzalez’s script because the play makes room for those actors to take those risks and the text supports them.

One of the great things of theatre is it becomes a collaborative process, Gonzalez said. It is about seeing if she has left enough room for those involved to be creative, fill out any holes with their own inspiration and be free enough

to allow the process to happen and not be forced to adhere to her original ideas.

“Seeing those things happen and seeing some of the design aspects come together that might not have looked exactly what I envisioned happening is okay because it’s now got to have a different kind of life,” she said.

“Plays weren’t written to be read, so I enjoy seeing the difference because it’s still facilitating the storytelling of what is going on inside of this world.”

Jou said he hopes audiences come away from the play thinking about what it means when people talk about honoring someone’s life.

“Everyone is rich and complex and has a deep life, and sometimes we gloss over that and see them in shallow ways,” he said. “If you

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Lizzo extends the writing credits for her hit ‘Truth Hurts’ NEW YORK (AP) — Lizzo is sharing writing credit on her hit song “Truth Hurts” with the creator behind the song’s signature line, but not with two other writers who claim they also contributed to the track.

“Truth Hurts” features the popular line, “I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m 100 percent that b***h,” which originated from a

2017 tweet by singer Mina Lioness and was turned into a popular meme. On Wednesday Lizzo wrote on social media that Lioness “is the person I am sharing my success with.”

The line was also used in Lizzo’s song “Healthy,” created in 2017 with the songwriting brothers Justin and Jeremiah Raisen. The Raisens feel they deserve writing credit on “Truth

Hurts” as a result, though Lizzo wrote they “had nothing to do with the line or how I chose to sing it.”

“The men who now claim a piece of ‘Truth Hurts’ did not help me write any part of the song. There was no one in the room when I wrote ‘Truth Hurts’ except me, Ricky Reed, and my tears. That song is my life, and its words are my truth,” Lizzo wrote Wednesday.

be the biggest challenge in this job, she said. There is a misconception of what she is there to do which she witnesses first-hand every day.

Perez is not mean, she said, and she does not want to be perceived that way, but that is exactly how students perceive the attendants.

“They feel as if we are mean,” she said. “Stopping them, telling them to turn around. We have a lot of them that just go through.”

Students driving through the check points has proven one of the dangers of the job, Perez said. She has seen multiple students almost get hit, as well as a student on a bike actually get hit by another student speeding past the attendants.

To prevent these kinds of accidents from happening, she said she tells the students to stop. This is not always an efficient method, but it is all those in the entry stations can really do. To step out into the street can be a major risk for attendants that is better off avoided, she said.

“Our safety is a concern too,” she said. “[We] take care of ourselves.”

Perez said students need to understand these stations are here for their safety, not as an inconvenience.

“I’m not trying to be mean to them,” she said. “That’s just my job I have to do.” @ASinghDT

are sort of understanding that this horrible thing happened to this person who had a whole life around them, then maybe we’ll have a little bit more compassion for each other.”

Gonzalez agreed and said she hopes people leave the show thinking about the ways in which they treat each other across all of their different identifying marks and start to think about who they are as a society and their part in that.

“Obviously, no one is going to love it as much as I do, but I also hope that the story moves them in some way and that they walk away feeling something,” she said.

“That, as a playwright, means I did my job. I want them to think about the fact that there are real people behind these headlines.” @MRosettaDT

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Top five movies to watch for Halloween

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t the beginning of this month, people on social media began posting their “31 Days of Halloween Movie Picks,” where every day of the month, they would have a viewing of one of their favorite horror movies to get into the Halloween spirit.

To some, the choice of which movies to watch are very easy because of their love of the holiday, but to others, this can be tough.

The choices can vary between seasonal movies that fill the viewer with the nostalgia of times going door to door trick-ortreating or horror movies that send the viewer under the covers reliving the feelings of their first viewing.

The lists of movies are endless but, at the same time, can be rather small based on what kind of person they are; those who like to reminisce and those who like to get scared.

To assist those who need a few flicks to add to their list, here are some movies that I believe should fill at least one

Marcus Gutierrez is a sophomore creative media industries major from Houston.

slot to get scared during the month.

At the top of the Halloween nostalgia list is the timeless classic, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” This film was released in 1966 and continues to impact generations today with the classic character of Charlie Brown and the absolutely hilarious dialogue from Charles M. Schulz.

The film tells the story of Charlie Brown and his friend going trick-or-treating and going to the pumpkin field in hopes of being visited by the spirit of the Great Pumpkin. With its classic comedy and animation style, this film is a symbol of the Halloween season and should be on everyone’s movie lists.

Getting more into the wicked factor, the 1993 film “Hocus Pocus” is a

great Disney classic to watch with friends and a memorable fall classic. This film was directed by Kenny Ortega and stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as a trio of witches who have been resurrected and begin to terrorize the people of Salem, Massachusetts.

At the top of the Halloween nostalgia list is a timeless classic, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”

“Hocus Pocus” is a fun time and was made with the spirit of Halloween with its amazing acting and an original song that has immortalized itself into the season of this holiday.

Because of this, it easily takes a slot on the list.

At the halfway point of nostalgic and scary,

Tim Burton’s legendary film “Nightmare Before Christmas,” is a perfect pick and is the only film to be viewed as both a Halloween movie and a Christmas movie. This film was directed by Henry Selick and was brought to life with the amazing stopmotion effects presented

by Burton and his team.

The entirety of production took place over the span of three years and it shows with the love and care that went into creating this masterpiece.

Not only does it have an amazing original story, but it also has some of the best music that has, in and of itself, immortalized it as the ultimate Halloween soundtrack.

Now that the nostalgia has been felt, it is time to move into pure horror with John Carpenter ’s 1982 film, “The Thing.” This film was directed by Carpenter and has Kurt Russel lead a team of researchers against a shapeshifting monster that threatens the human race at a research

station in Antarctica.

This movie, not only being a favorite of the genre, is a great horror movie that will send anyone under the covers with its great premise setting and amazing practical effects brought to life by Rob Bottin and his team of artists.

“The Thing” is unbelievably terrifying and is one of the best picks to have on a list of Halloween movies.

Halloween is the best season for movies and will continue to have films added from now until the forseeable future.

To close out the season, no one can argue that Carpenter’s 1978 slasher, perfectly titled, “Halloween” is, by far, the best movie revolving around the season of All Hallows Eve. This film is directed,

written and surprisingly scored by Carpenter and stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence and Nick Castle as The Shape himself, Michael Myers.

This film tells the story of Michael Myers and his rampage on the town of Haddonfield as he stalks a babysitter on the night of Halloween. This movie’s premise is a classic “slasher versus babysitter” trope and is now seen today as a cliche.

For a film to be the starting point of a vapid expression of the genre is a big deal and is something that is rarely seen today.

This film is a perfect Halloween pick, not just because it is in the name, but because it is a great film that continues to scare audiences on every viewing.

Whether it is for nostalgia or for horror, Halloween is the best season for movies and will continue to have films added every year from now until the foreseeable future. @MGutierrezDT

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Pressure culture contributes to students getting sick

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t this point in the semester, you might be feeling like, for lack of a better word, death itself. Unfortunately, as an adult, it can be difficult if not impossible to suspend the attention required to fulfill our responsibilities in order to care for ourselves.

Over the years, it has become clear that adulthood is even more chal-

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lenging when you add attending university to the mix. It is even more complex for us to navigate adulthood when we are constantly learning new things, trying to stay involved on campus and on top of all that, always working toward the ultimate goal of graduation.

As we would say in Spanish, “siempre estamos en la lucha.”

The fight never ends.

To an extent, there is a lot of truth to this particular saying. Just in my own life, it seems I am literally always in motion. If it is not class, it is work or friends asking to find time to go out, or my dogs needing to go on walks.

There is always something that needs to be done and attended to, without

so much as a day off most weeks. I am not sure exactly what I expected out of adulthood, but I do not think this was it.

Lately though, it has been more overwhelming to have to deal with all of my responsibilities simply because I have been getting sick and feel like I have had no chance to recuperate my health since I am needed in so many aspects of my life.

The most striking aspect of this situation is it is not unique for this to happen. Just among my close friends, so many of us have gotten sick and continued going to class even when we know we should not.

Wi t h s o m a n y o f u s feeling the same way, we get stuck in a situation where we know we should take time not to pass on our ailment, but still are desperate to make sure our grades do not slip because of the time it takes to recover.

Part of me understands

that it is better just to take time away when we are contagious so we do not create the situation I just described, but almost no one is willing to take the risk of missing classes or other responsibilities to do this.

It is conerning that there is a trend among so many students to value a few days of education over our actual health.

Fortunately, there are some professors who go out of their way to give students three unexcused absences that will not affect our grade. At the same time, though, many of us still tend to feel pressured to attend class to make sure we are not missing any information that will be on the next exam or a tidbit that will help us

on the big project we are working on regardless of the professor’s policy.

In these instances, it may be the case that it is our fault for not using one of our absences when we are ill, but at the same time, it is concerning that there is a trend among so many students to value a few days of education over our actual health.

The reality is this mentality is ingrained in American teenagers from a young age. An article from the Chicago Tribune discussed how many high school students believe there is no fate worse than failure, a mentality I think continues to be prevalent in the lives of college students.

From a young age we’re taught college is t h e u l t i m a t e g o a l . We have worked hard and lost sleep to get into a good school, so when we finally get here, it is hard to change that one-track mentality. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of emotional

unpacking to get to a point where we as students can learn how to care for ourselves while also attending to our responsibilities.

Essentially, it has to be a balancing act. While it is incredibly important that we continue getting things done and showing up to class despite things that are going on in our lives, it is crucial that we take the time to remember that our health matters more sometimes.

This mentality that is so ingrained in us is ultimately detrimental to us. There will almost always be time to fix things, but our health is priceless. It is crucial we start to value ourselves ahead of outside factors.

If I continue to be sick, it is just much harder for me to be a student, an editor, a friend and a dog mom, so next time you are contagious, think twice before pushing yourself too hard and trying to show up to everything. I know I will. @GMathesonDT

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Trump 2020 targeting Hispanic vote in nontraditional places

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resident Donald Trump's reelection campaign is making contrarian appeals in the most unusual places, trying to win over Hispanic voters in states not known for them, like Pennsylvania.

His second campaign, far better financed and organized than his first, is pressing every potential tactical advantage, including trying to capture even small slivers of the Hispanic vote, hoping it adds up to the narrowest of winning margins.

"I think that you win campaigns with what we call 'tajaditos.' Little bits.

You have to have a little bit of this and a little bit of that," said Bertica Cabrera Morris, a Cuba native and "Latinos For Trump" advisory board member. "You don't need everyone from every group, but you have to have a little bit of everything."

For many reasons, not the least of which is the president's hostility toward immigrants, it will be a difficult sell.

That was clear on a recent evening in York, Pennsylvania, when Karyme Navarro, 18, was filling out

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her first voter registration form but stopped on a question about party affiliation.

Mirna Orellana, a community organizer with the nonpartisan nonprofit "We Are Casa," who brought the form to Navarro's door, isn't allowed to advocate for any party. Still, she's seen the scenario enough to have an answer ready: "If you're Democrat, you're for Obama," she said in Spanish. "If you're Republican, you're for Trump." Navarro nodded, then handed back the completed form. She had checked "Democratic."

Such exchanges are what Democrats are counting on — Hispanics so enraged by Trump's policies and antiimmigrant rhetoric that they'll turn out in force to deny him a second term.

Those on the front lines of Trump's effort concede that the president's antiHispanic fervor doesn't help. Still, they say many Hispanics will be won over by a strong economy and conservative social values.

Similarly, Democratic activists say simply criticizing

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Trump often isn't enough to attract Hispanic support.

The reelection campaign's efforts are understandably focused on key swing states like Florida and Nevada and could also shore up Trump's hold on Arizona and Texas. Increased outreach may also have an effect in less obvious areas where Trump eked out a 2016 victory, though, like parts of Pennsylvania where the Latino population is booming and where his margin for error is slender.

"Latinos are moving out of the urban centers, moving away from the stronghold of the Democrats," said Jose Fuentes, a former attorney general of Puerto Rico who is advising the president's reelection effort and called Pennsylvania "a perfect example." ''We're microtargeting those areas that can be successful for us."

That means locales like York, a city in the southern part of the state with a population around 45,000 famous for its York Barbells.

It is nearly a third Hispanic, many with roots in Puerto

Rico or the Dominican Republic. The city, heavily Democratic, is surrounded by solidly Trump country.

Fuentes said party officials have identified about a dozen areas nationwide to woo Hispanic, black and Asian voters and funded the training of 500-plus staffers who increased their recruiting efforts at local events.

Democrat Hillary Clinton beat Trump 66% to 28% among Hispanics nationally, but that was lower than the 71% Barack Obama won in 2012. President George W. Bush also captured more than 40% of the Hispanic vote in 2004, but his message was far more inclusive than Trump's.

Hispanics make up only about 8% of Pennsylvania's population. Trump won the state — home to about 12.8 million people — by around 44,000 votes, or less than 1% of those cast, in 2016. Nearly 1 million Hispanics now live in Pennsylvania and the Pew Research Center estimated that, for the 2018 midterms, 501,000 statewide were eligible to vote — 10th largest in the nation.

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showed that 38% of Pennsylvania's Hispanics voted Republican in 2018 congressional races, but Democrats still easily won the Senate and governor's races.

Fuentes said a key to winning Hispanic support is tailoring messages to people who have ancestral roots in different parts of Latin America. Cubans are chiefly interested in U.S. relations with the island and with Venezuela, he said.

For Puerto Ricans, it's recovery after the devastation of Hurricane Maria in 2017 and U.S. statehood questions. Mexicans tend to be most motivated by commercial relations, as are people from most of South America. Central Americans tend to be most focused on immigration policy.

Messages targeting those types of voters in specific areas can resonate, Fuentes added, even if the president's rhetoric sometimes doesn't.

"This president has his own style," Fuentes said.

"But my line is he's been successful with it."

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Men’s golf ends fall season with three first-place wins

By ELEANOR GUINAN Staff Writer

The 2019 fall season ended for the Texas Tech men’s golf team on Tuesday as the Red Raiders finished in fourth place in the Tavistock Invitational after winning three of their four tournaments.

The team started the year with a first-place win at the Carmel Cup on Aug. 30 and senior Sandy Scott won the individual title, according to Tech Athletics. The team ended the tournament at 16-under after trailing Oklahoma following the first day of the tournament.

Scott claimed the title by shooting a 14-under-par.

The team shot three even par rounds and had a 2.82 scoring average at the Carmel Cup, according to Tech Athletics.

Tech also made 67 birdies and was second in the tournament with 217 pars.

On Sept. 23 the team traveled to Toledo, Ohio, for the Inverness Invitational and walked away with another first place title, according to Tech Athletics. The team finished the 54-hole tournament with a 12-under-par, and junior Andy Lopez earned his first collegiate win after shooting 2-under-par

and 12 birdies.

Scott finished in a tie for 22nd with fellow Red Raider freshman Ludvig Aberg, according to Tech Athletics. Redshirt junior Kyle Hogan shot a 72-70-71 – 213 and earned third place at even- par.

The Red Raiders were in fourth place and had a ninestroke deficit behind Tennessee after the first day, according to Tech Athletics. Tech came back the second day to win eight-over the Volunteers with a 296-288-272 – 856 total score.

The team then traveled to Houston on Oct. 11 to participate in the Big 12 Match

Play. Tech went 5-0 over the weekend, including a 4-1-1 win over Kansas and a 3-2-1 win over Texas, according to Tech Athletics. The win was the first conference-wide championship and the 24th tournament win under Tech head coach Greg Sands.

Lopez and Aberg secured 3&2 wins while junior Jamie Stewart earned a 1UP victory, according to Tech Athletics. Scott earned a 2&1 decision and went 4-1 on the weekend, while Lopez won all five of his matches.

Tech also won all four matches in its pool before

defeating Kansas for the championship, according to Tech Athletics. Kansas earned the second place while Texas and Kansas State tied for third place.

The Red Raiders dropped their perfect record with a fourth-place finish at the Tavistock Invitational, according to Tech Athletics. Tech entered the final day of play tied in second place with Vanderbilt.

Hogan and Scott finished the tournament in the top-five, according to Tech Athletics.

Scott earned a fifth-place finish, while Hogan came back from 11th place to tie for third.

Scott shot 15 birdies and Hogan had 14 birdies at the conclusion of the tournament.

Meanwhile, freshman Markus Braadlie, sophomore Jansen Smith and junior Jamie Stewart competed in the Little Rock Invitational, according to Tech Athletics. Braadlie won the invite on a playoff at 6-under-par, while Smith shot a 70-74-77 and tied for 20th, and Stewart shot a 72-75-77 and placed in 33rd place.

The team will continue the 2019-2020 season at the Amer Ari Invitational on Feb. 6 in Kona, Hawaii. @EleanorGuinanDT

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LEFT: Senior golfer Sandy Scott drinks from a water bottle during a Texas Tech men’s golf practice. RIGHT: Texas Tech students practice golf at the Rawls Golf Course.

FOOTBALL

CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Against Iowa State, Tech scored its first points of the game in the second quarter, according to Tech Athletics. The drive ended with redshirt freshman running back SaRodorick Thompson recording a six-yard rushing touchdown with 3:35 left in the first half. Thompson’s touchdown cut Iowa State’s lead 20-7.

Sophomore offensive lineman Dawson Deaton said the problem could be due to several possible issues as the Red Raiders did not score until the end of the second quarter.

“I think sometimes it comes down to getting yourself mentally and physically ready for the game,” Deaton said regarding why he thinks the offense has had slower starts this season. “I mean, sometimes it comes down to preparation, like knowing what your opponent’s going to do the first snap, just knowing the job in your head, just visualizing what you’re going to do.

Sometimes it just comes down to things like that and I believe that could be some of the problem with that.”

While giving credit to Iowa State’s team, Yost said he felt like Tech’s offense beat themselves with self-inflicted errors such as dropped passes and jumping offsides. Following the loss, Yost said one of the best ways to fix the errors is through repetition.

As he spoke about self-inflicted errors, Yost mentioned that the team has a “12 percent rule.”

The rule is that the offense can have no more than 12 percent of

its snaps result in a sack, penalty or a drop. Against the Cyclones, the Red Raiders only had about 10 percent of their plays fall into that category.

“I mean guys care, (correcting self-inflicting errors is) important to them, they don’t want to put that on video, they don’t want to do that for the teammates and that goes a long way,” Yost said. “There’s a lot of buy-in, there’s a lot of investment from guys and you can see it.”

As Tech’s offense has struggled with starting the game strong, Yost said he scripts series throughout the game and edits the script going into the second half. He continued to say there are usually four to six plays that he expects to run on each drive. Although he plans out what plays he wants to use, Yost said certain situations have scripts, such as a third-and-long situation.

Against Iowa State, Yost said he ran 80 percent of the plays in his game plan. He then clarified of the 80 percent of plays used, only about 20 percent of what was practiced was not used against the Cyclones. Yost said the percentage was good as he has gone games using just 45 percent of the plays practiced and left feeling like practice time was wasted.

“When we put (the script) together, it’s a full staff kind of plan,” Yost said. “What we do, is we try to pick out – the main thing we focus on is the first and second drive to try and give us a first down to kind of get things going.”

Along with focusing on first downs early in the drive, Yost said he tries to plan an explosive

play to give the Red Raiders about a 75 to 80 percent chance of getting inside the 25-yard line.

He explained that 15-yard gain passes and 10-yard gain runs are considered explosive plays.

When in a game, Yost said the team’s goal is to have at least 20 percent of their plays to be considered explosive. Against the Cyclones, the Red Raiders’ offense had 13 percent of their explosive plays, he said.

Even though the main focus of this week’s practices has been to correct mistakes, the Red Raiders have seen improvement in their starting quarterback junior Jett Duffey, Yost said. After starting in three games this season, Yost said the experience has helped the quarterback with

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Middle blockers provide defense Red Raiders prepare for Baylor

By JAY STRADER Staff Writer

With Texas Tech’s volleyball team hitting the half-way point in their season, the group at the middle blocker position has continued to make their presence known at the net on both offense and defense.

Junior Allison White, sophomore Karrington Jones and freshman Cadi Boyer have all contributed in big ways to the Red Raiders success this season.

Coach Tony Graystone said he is pleased with how his group of middle blockers has performed this season and their chemistry.

“We’ve got three middles that we know can play at any moment. They do train really well together.

They have some personality things that work well with each other,” Graystone said.

“It’s just a good, good mix there. They each have their strengths and they know how to push each other.”

Boyer is from Georgetown where she was ranked

the number one blocker in the nation coming out of high school, according to MaxPreps. She has played in 21 sets this season. In her only start, Boyer put up eight kills and eight blocks with a .375 hitting percentage against Incarnate Word on Sept. 21, according to Tech Athletics stats.

White is the veteran of the group and currently leads the team with 72 blocks and is fourth in kills with 122, according to the stats. White has played in every match this season and leads the team (min. 100 attacks) in hitting percentage, according to the stats.

White talked about the relationship she has with Jones and how they work together.

“I love working with (Jones), she’s so fun. She brings a certain energy to the court. We go through just about every drill together every day,” White said. “So, she’s a great teammate to have she pushes me, and I get to push her, so I love working with her.”

Jones filled in for an

injured White last season as a freshman and recorded 35 blocks, according to Tech Athletics. Jones is now in a starting role with the Red Raiders and is neck-andneck with White as far as stats go.

She is second on the team in blocks with 69 and is fifth on the team in kills with 109, according to the stats. On top of that she is second on the team in hitting percentage posting a .279 percentage, according to the stats. She ranks behind White in all these categories.

Junior libero Emerson Solano praised her group of middle blockers and said they make her life easier on the black line. “(The blockers) help me tremendously. Sometimes I’m back there and I’m like ‘this girl is about to blow me up’ and then they just stick a hand out and stuff them,” Solano said. “So, it helps with me a lot cause I’m able to read around their block and they take away a big chunk of the court.” @JayStraderDT

By ARIANNA FLORES Staff Writer

The No. 17 Texas Tech soccer team is headed to Waco to play Baylor at 7 p.m. on Thursday. The match is the first of the last three games prior to the postseason.

Baylor has posed a threat to the Red Raiders since their first match up in 1996. Since then, Tech has lost 17 times to Baylor, with seven losses in Waco, according to Tech Athletics. In the last five years, the Red Raiders have lost three regular season games, tied one and won one in 2014, 1-0 at home.

“You know you have to have one part that says don’t be naïve like accept the fact that they are really good at certain things, whether you love those things or not,” head coach Tom Stone said.

“They are really good at certain things and by accepting it you’re willing to accept the challenge that it presents.”

The Red Raiders are third in the conference 85 points compared to Baylor ’s 65 points, according to Big 12 Sports. The Bears have allowed 20 goals into their net this season but are tied for fifth in saves with 51.

Tech and Baylor both top the Big 12 in shots. The Red Raiders have shot 255 times

making them first in the conference, according to Big 12 Sports. The Bears trail Tech by only six shots, but have the most shots on goal in conference with 12 more than Tech.

“All the Big 12 teams are very respectful of how good Baylor is at what they do, so we got to be ready for that part but we’ve got to imprint enough of ourselves to give ourselves a chance to win,” Stone said.

Last year during the post season, the Red Raiders and the Bears met at Kansas City for the Big 12 Semifinals.

During the match both Tech and Baylor had 18 shots, but the Bears had eight shots on goal compared to the Red Raiders’ four, according to Tech Athletics.

With a minute left in the first half, Baylor secured the first goal of the match and the Red Raiders went into halftime scoreless. During the 56th minute, Davis scored the first and only goal for the team with an assist from senior forward Jade King tying the two teams.

Ending Tech’s run in the post season, Jackie Crowther scored during the first three minutes of overtime, according to Tech Athletics.

“This is one of the reasons why (Baylor) has been incredible in the post season, because teams they never see

cannot believe how good Baylor is at what they do. We tell them, you know if they ask, but no one really believes it but we believe it,” Stone said.

“At the same time, you got to find enough of your own self as a team and stay within that because the teams have just changed dramatically to play them and don’t really fair very well.”

The Red Raiders are 3-12 in conference and have a record of 4-1-0 away but are undefeated on the road in conference, according to Tech Athletics. Tech’s only loss while away from Lubbock was to New Mexico 0-1 in the third match of the season.

“I mean their field they get a lot of good fans and everyone is hard to beat on the road but just their crowd and fans and their atmosphere it is pretty difficult,” Davis said.

Baylor has a 7-5-3 overall record and are 3-2-1 at home, according to Baylor Bear Athletics. The Bears have only lost to Texas 1-2 but shutout Tech’s only conference loss of the season, TCU 4-0.

“In years past it’s been very frustrating (the way they play), but I think this year we have a different dynamic to the team that I think we are going to be able to play our own game against them,” Davis said. @AriannaFloresDT

Sophomore middle blocker Karrington Jones and sophomore set Alex Kirby cheer after receiving a point during their game against TCU Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. MADELINE DIFFEE/The Daily Toreador

Freshman forward Macy Schultz fights for the ball during the game against Kansas Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, LUIS PERALES/The Daily Toreador at the John Walker Soccer Complex. The game ended in a draw.